The China Scholarship Council (CSC) is a non-profit
institution with legal person status affiliated with the
Ministry of Education. The objective of the CSC is to
provide, in accordance with the law, statutes and relevant
principles and policies of China, financial assistance to
the Chinese citizens wishing to study abroad and to the
foreign citizens wishing to study in China in order to
develop the educational, scientific and technological, and
cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation
between China and other countries, to strengthen the
friendship and understanding between Chinese people and the
people of all other countries, and to promote world peace
and the socialist modernization drive in China. China
Scholarship Council is financed mainly by the
stateĄŻs special appropriations for scholarship
programmes. At the same time the CSC accepts donations from
the personages, enterprises, social organizations and other
organizations at home and abroad. The tasks of the CSC
are to use legal and economic means to manage the affairs of
the Chinese citizens studying abroad and of the foreigners
studying in China, take charge of the management and
utilization of China Scholarship, determine the relevant
assistance projects and modes, formulate management
regulations and put the scholarship to best use; manage the
bilateral and multilateral exchange or unilateral
scholarships between China and other countries; manage other
matters concerning educational exchanges and scientific and
technological cooperation on behalf of relevant
organizations, insitutions nad individuals inside and
outside China; provide financial support to the projects
conducive to the development of ChinaĄŻs education
and its friendly relations with other countries; strive for
donations from home and abroad, expand the sources of the
Scholarship and increase the Scholarship; establish contacts
with its counterparts at home and abroad and carry out
exchange and cooperation with them. The CSC
establishes a committee and a secretariat. The committee
takes charge of consultation and examination, and the
secretariat is in charge of the day-to-day work. The main
functions of the secretariat of the CSC are to implement the
work principles and plans formulated by the committee;
organize the implementation of the financial assistance to
the Chinese citizens wishing to study abroad and foreigners
wishing to study in China, formulate the relevant management
regulations and methods, process, assess and approve the
application for financial assistance, award scholarships and
provide the relevant consultation and service; supervise and
inspect the use of China Scholarship by the projects and
people financed by the CSC. Address:The China
Scholarship Council 160 Fuxingmennei
Street, Beijing, 100031 P.R. China Telephone: 86-10-66413249 Fax: 86-10-66413198 Website:http://www.csc.edu.cn/
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